gary lam

Very good book!, Jan 7 2004

Cryptography has been around for a long time but a solid introductory crypto book is hard to find. This is one of the best crypto book I have ever bought. Well worth the investment and I am sure it is a book that I can always go back to if I need to look up something. It has a nice number theory chapter but I wish it could be more in depth(provides more proofs). The chapters on public-key crypto and related crypto.techniques are very well written. This book also covers some nice research result one can only found on some research papers(if one cares to dig). I am very impressed with this book! Not too "dry" nor too "elementary!"

Very good book!, Jan 7 2004

Cryptography has been around for a long time but a solid introductory crypto book is hard to find. This is one of the best crypto book I have ever bought. Well worth the investment and I am sure it is a book that I can always go back to if I need to look up something. It has a nice number theory chapter but I wish it could be more in depth(provides more proofs). The chapters on public-key crypto and related crypto.techniques are very well written. This book also covers some nice research result one can only found on some research papers(if one cares to dig). I am very impressed with this book! Not too "dry" nor too "elementary!"

Good in general, July 30 2003

Most of the reviews on this book I have seen are positive reviews.
To me, the author has done a good job explaining the RH(from its history to its present) in general. I really think RH cannot be described in three or four hundred something pages. If you do math long enough, you'd really thank the author for his effort on trying. I give a two thumbs up for his effort on this. However, the golden key chapter seems to be coming up a bit short in explaining the RH's heart and soul. I would really suggest the "Riemann's Zeta Function"by H.M.Edwards if you are really into RH. In general, JD has done a good job in this book, if u only read it and not working out the math alongside,… Read more